>President Zelensky appeared as a hologram at the Founders Forum, a gathering of tech entrepreneurs, to call on Europe's tech leaders to help rebuild Ukraine and to announce a "digital lend-lease."
>Corporations would be allowed “to use Ukraine as a platform to develop new technologies in return for financial and technological support.”
>The Ukrainian leader acknowledged that it’s “unusual for presidents to use a hologram to address people,” but joked it’s not the only part of “Star Wars” they are putting into practice, saying, “We will defeat the Empire too.”
>Zelensky wore a a “Star Wars” shirt during the speech which read, “Come to the Dark Side,” and “Dominate or Die.”
>The image on the shirt shows several “Star Wars” aircraft and a pair of Mandalorian fighters, with one standing on the body of an astronaut wearing a Russian Soviet Union helmet.
>Zelensky continued by promoting a future where Ukraine adopts a “digital government where all services to people and companies will be provided” with a “100% cashless and paperless” society.
>“Everyone will be able to contribute to development of digital infrastructure the way you like it allowing for the total stability of all state institution and the banking system. The maximum speed of all government to people and government to business processes, no corruption, no bureaucracy, digital documents, paperless and cashless modes," Zelensky said.
>“Our goal is to make Ukraine the freest digital state in the world. Ukraine is a chance for a global digital revolution, a chance for every technology company and a chance for every visionary to show their value, skills, technologies and ambitions.”
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